Ethical Dilemmas In The Giver

Piper checked her bag on a flight from Chicago to Paris, then switched planes to reach Brussels. Upon arrival, she discovered her bag was placed on the wrong connecting flight and would not be arriving until later. She sweated out several hours in the Belgium airport, frantically speaking to attendants until her bag appeared in the carousel, much to her excitement. She proceeded to evade customs and meet Alex downstairs, successfully completing her assignment.
The Purpose When she is forced to detail her criminal past to her family, Piper explains that she was not in it for the money. Rather, she was in it for Alex, her first real love. An enticing, seductive older woman lured Piper into the dangers of drug trafficking and she simply could
Its greater objective stems from Piper’s time in prison, made possible by her aforementioned choices. Without her improbable incarceration, the critical theme of racial oppression would not be uncovered in Orange is the New Black. An imbalance in the way inmates of different races are treated is evident from the moment Piper arrives at Litchfield. She and Larry drive up to the prison on the morning of her booking and a prison guard stops them, informing them there are no visiting hours that day. She tells him she is there to self-surrender and surprised, he lets them continue on their way. This feeds into the stereotype that white people do not belong in prison. He sees a young white couple and automatically assumes they are there on visitation, it not even occurring to him that one of them may be an inmate. After she is processed, Piper is driven to the main facility by another white inmate, Morello, who kindly gives her a toothbrush and some words of advice. She lets Piper know that she can consider her a friend, because they “look out for our own kind.” With a few simple words, Morello clues Piper in regarding the racial divide that exists in prison, an idea that becomes even more prevalent as the episode goes